| 1766 - 226 Seiten
...Newton would not have him afciibe that Property to him, fince the Caufe of Gravity is «hat he did not pretend to know ; and therefore would take more Time to confider of it. And Sir Ifaäc maintains, that Infinite!, -whin cunßdcred without Reßric~ tiin or Limitation^ are... | |
| William Seward - 1797 - 752 Seiten
...SUPPLEMENT. H " You • " You fometimes," adds this great Philofopher, " fpeak of gravity as efTential and inherent to " matter. Pray do not afcribe that...to me ; " for the caufe of gravity is what I do not pre" tend to know, and therefore would take more " time to confider it. " The hypothefis of matter's... | |
| 1802 - 308 Seiten
...and patient thought.* " You foraetimes," adds this great Philofopher, " fpeak of gravity as eflential and inherent to matter. Pray do not afcribe that notion...know, and therefore would take more time to confider it." '- • i — ? * "Genie c'ejl It travail," fays M. de Buffon, "Genius is the repeated effort of... | |
| William Seward - 1804 - 492 Seiten
..." patient thought*. « You fometimes," adds this great Philofopher, " fpeak of gravity as eflential and inherent '» to matter. Pray do not afcribe that...know, and therefore would take " more time to confider it." " The hypothefis of matter's being at firft " evenly fpread through the Heavens is, in my " opinion,... | |
| John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 Seiten
...of gravity as essential and inherent to matter. Pray do not ascribe that notion to me; for the cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it. " 1 fear what I have said of infinites will seem obscure to you j but it is enough... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 Seiten
...on their own axes, and also of their circuits round the centre.-fthat notion to me ; for the cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it." And in the third letter he remarks — " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute... | |
| Isaac Preston Cory - 1833 - 236 Seiten
...Gravity as essential, and inherent to matter. Pray do not ascribe that notion to me : for the cause of Gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider." p. 20. not be exactly justified in rejecting it at once with the contemptuous expressions,*... | |
| Richard Bentley - 1838 - 580 Seiten
...gravity as essential and inherent to matter. Pray, do not ascribe that notion to me ; for the cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it. I fear what I have said of infinites will seem obscure to you ; but it is enough if... | |
| Richard Bentley - 1838 - 572 Seiten
...gravity as essential and inherent to matter. Pray, do not ascribe that notion to me ; for the cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it. I fear what I have said of infinites will seem obscure to you ; but it is enough if... | |
| Richard Bentley - 1842 - 896 Seiten
...gravity as essential and 20 inherent to matter. Pray, do not ascribe that notion to me ; for the cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it. I fear what I have said of infinities will seem so obscure to you ; but it is enough... | |
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